CVE-2026-6068

A flaw was found in NASM, a Netwide Assembler. This vulnerability, known as a heap use after free, occurs when the program attempts to use memory that has already been released. During response file processing, a pointer to freed memory is retained and later accessed. This can lead to data corruption or unexpected program behavior.

This Moderate impact vulnerability in NASM affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora. A heap use after free flaw occurs during response file processing, which could lead to data corruption or unexpected program behavior when a specially crafted response file is processed. Exploitation requires the processing of a malicious response file.

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